2 Thessalonians 3

¹Furthermore, brothers and sisters, keep praying for us so that the word of the Lord continues to spread quickly and be glorified, just as it also did among you,

²and pray so that we are rescued from harmful and wicked people, for not everyone has trust.

³But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the Wicked One.

⁴And we have confidence concerning you who are in the Lord, that you are both doing and will continue to do the things that we command.

⁵Now may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the endurance of Christ.

⁶Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother or sister who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

⁷For you yourselves know how you must imitate us, because we were not disorderly among you,

⁸nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying for it. Instead, we labored and struggled, working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you,

⁹not because we do not have the right to be supported, but so that we could give ourselves to you as an example for you to imitate.

¹⁰And indeed, when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, do not let him eat.”

¹¹For we hear that some among you are walking disorderly, not busy working, but are just busybodies.

¹²Now we command and exhort such people in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to be working in a quiet fashion and to eat their own bread.

¹³But as for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is good.

¹⁴But if anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he is put to shame.

¹⁵And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother or sister.

¹⁶Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

¹⁷I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the sign of genuineness in every letter; this is how I write.

¹⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.